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Post by Lonestar on May 15, 2008 17:11:34 GMT -5
Rookpaw sighed as he feet touched the ground in the middle of the camp, moving the wind about so the kits could be let out of the air gently as possible before her sat down wrapping his tail around his paws. "Very well done you three." he said, giving Bluekit a poke with his tail and smiling at her. "Littleflower." He called the ind carrying his voice further rather than him bellowing.He didn't know where the queen had one, but she would have heard that if she was in the camp.
Lonestar smelt Rookpaw's return before he called for littleflower. He came out of his den quickly at first but smiled as he saw all the kits safe. "Very well done Rookpaw! When the others return i think It should be time for you to get your warrior name." He said nodding at the apprentice, it was long overdue anyways. He looked at the kits, after their mother had gotten them back, perhaps tomorrow even, he might make them apprentices it was almost time. He'd have to talk to her. "Are the others alright then? Will the be returning shortly?"
"they'll be just fine." Rookpaw said smiling the new of him finally earning his warriors name was enough to keep him sitting up proudly where he may have sunk to the ground from fatigue, first fetching foxfire from the lake, and now carrying not just one other but three through the air with himself really added up.
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Post by ~{Smallstar}~ on May 16, 2008 7:44:57 GMT -5
Chase slipped over to the entrance of the camp. The kits were safe, that was good. It looked like one of the weird cats was going to take all the credit, he didn't care. He wasn't here for that. He opened his mouth and moved his head, bringing in all the scents in the camp. He paused sharply as he detected a farmiliar tang among the Windclan smells. Amber. he thought, closing his mouth. So she was here.
Littleflower looked up as her name was called and opened her mouth. She jumed up and rushed pass Lonestar and Rookpaw and over to her kits. "Oh! I'm so glad you're okay!" She meowed, licking each of them over and over again on their heads. Usually, Snowkit was the only one who liked this, but now all three of them purred happily. Littleflower looked up and said to Rookpaw, "Thank you so much for saving my kits."
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Post by Swiftstar on May 16, 2008 9:37:21 GMT -5
Icepetal came in after Chase. "Foxfire burnt the log that leads to the Island." Icepetal grumbled to Lonestar. "She lost her temper. I don't think she's coming here for a while. She's too busy wallowing in self pity." Icepetal hissed. She didn't seem happy at her sister's reaction. Angirly, she made her way to her den and slipepd inside....
Foxfire laid under her tree for a while before finally getting to her paws and heading home. As Icepetal had believed, Foxfire was now wallowing in self pity. This became apparent as she dragged her paws into the camp, shook her head, and sat down by the entrance. No, sat isn't the right word. She more of fell onto her side and laid on her back. From the pads of her paws came dark ashes instead of the usual smoke or flame. Icepetal didn't awknowledge her sister's presence. Neither spoke to each other but, then again, Foxfire didn't speak.
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Post by Lonestar on May 16, 2008 10:21:59 GMT -5
Rookpaw flicked his ears as Icepetal appeared, looking at her and then towards the entrance where he spotted the loner. Why was he here.... "It wasn't all me litteflower, just carried them back." He said though he was still staring at the loner, he turned to Lonestar, whose eyes had also flicked to the strange cat. "He was there too, helping us the others were busy fighting Bloodclan. I don't know how he got involved. The kits say he beat up the bloodclan cat that was chasing them. I believe his name is CHase. He's a loner." He said in a murmur to the silvery grey tom in front of him.
Lonestar pricked his ears after Rookpaw had told him this, raising his head to look at chase. "I hear you helped the kits, we thank you. Is there something you want?" He said curling his tail around his paws calmly
Rookpaw looked over at Foxfire as she came back and frowned saddened. He wanted to go and speak with her but he didn't know how to go over to her without it looking awkward, because that was how he felt whenever he was talking to her lately. Besides he didn't know if lonestar was done with him yet or not.
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Post by ~{Smallstar}~ on May 16, 2008 16:03:56 GMT -5
Littleflower turned towards the loner. "Then thank you too...Chase." Snowkit pushed through her brother and sister. "Mama, can I go talk to Icepetal?" She mewed. Littleflower glanced nervously around, as if Bloodclan cats could any moment jump out and charge the camp from all sides. "Yes." She said, pushing away her anxiety. Snowkit mewed a quick thanks and ran off.
Chase looked up as his name was mentioned. He was suprised that Rookpaw was giving him some credit, he certianly wouldn't have done the same. As Lonestar spoke to him, he cautiously stepped forwards. "I came looking for my sister." He said. "Her scent is here, but it's kinda stale. Have you seen her? Her name is Amber."
Snowkit rushed into Icepetal's den and her attention was quickly snatched away from her reason for going there by all the different herbs that lined the walls. She cautiously sniffed them, tail lashing from side to side.
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Post by Swiftstar on May 19, 2008 19:30:44 GMT -5
Icepetal quickly noticed Snowkit's intereast. "You wish to be my apprentice?" Icepetal guessed, sorting through a small pile of herbs in the back of the den. "I wish I had something that could soothe a broken heart...." Icepetal murmured to herself. "It's something even I can't mend. Foxfire... I never thought.... How could I let my sister be hurt so badly?" Icepetal continued to murmur, the fur around her eyes sparkling with small ice crystals.....
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Post by ~{Smallstar}~ on May 20, 2008 7:30:59 GMT -5
Snowkit spun around as Icepetal spoke. "You'd really take me as your apprentice!?" She mewed excitedly. "I'd LOVE to be your apprentice! I'm not really a great fighter." se noticed the crystals around Icepetal's eyes as she talked about her sister. "What's wrong with Foxfire's heart?" She asked, slightly confused.
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Post by Swiftstar on May 20, 2008 9:53:20 GMT -5
Icepetal gave a half-hearted smile. "Foxfire isn'tv herself lately. It has something to do with Rookpaw, I know it. My sister's never been in love before. I think Rookpaw rejected hr for some reason. I think it tore my poor sister up. she wasn't fighting her best back there. She had nothing she wanted to protect. Flames should have blocked BloodClan's only escape but they didn't My unbreakable sister finally broke and I believe the whole Clan will end up suffering." Icepetal explained grimly. "I have no way to bring her to her fragile senses. And yes, Snowkit, I will enjoy taking you on as my apprentice." Icepetal mewed softly, carefully, as if she was weighing each word before she spoke them. When she looked back at Snowkit, kindness shone in them along with a kind of distant pity that suggested she wasn't all there at the moment. "I will speak with Lonestar about your apprenticeship." Icepetal promised. "StarClan only knows that I could use another set of paws around here." Icepetal meowed softly, taking a mouth full of herbs and carrying them over to the correct cubby before shoving them in and going back to grab another mouthful of wrapepd herbs, this time Marigold.
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Post by Lonestar on May 20, 2008 17:39:49 GMT -5
Lonetar stared at the loner quietly for a moment. "I am afraid i don't know anyone by that name...what did she look like?" He asked watching the loner quietly with his strangely bight bluegreen eyes.
Rookpaw got up and padded away, taking that as dismissal he walked over to Foxfire. "Foxfire..." He called quietly as he stepped towards her. There was an uncomfortable nervousness that made the back of his neck pick and a lump form in his throat as he sat down.
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Post by Swiftstar on May 20, 2008 18:48:41 GMT -5
Foxfire stirred at the sound of Rookpaw's name. She sat up. "What?" She demanded, her voice seeming to take on a different tone halfway through the word. Her voice broke. Her tail edged toward his before she shifted to where she was sitting on it. She kept looking to the entrance as if contemplating fleeing. No fire burned the ground under her paws. Only her pads left small ashes, as if the fire had never really taken. As if she'd given up. "R-r-rookpaw..." Just to sya his name nearly broke her in half. Shge crept close to his side, tensed for the rejection that would surely come. "I'm s-s-sorry." Her voice kept shaking and breaking. It sounded like she was on the verge of hiccuping each time. She swayed slightly as if she was going to hit the ground. Then she pulled away from him like she'd just been shot. Hurt swam in her eyes as she dragged herself to her paws. "What am I doing? You've already said you don't like me. I understand." She hissed, shaking her head and falling back onto her side to wallow some more in self pity....
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Post by ~{Smallstar}~ on May 21, 2008 20:22:17 GMT -5
"She has a light tabby pelt, and long claws." Chase meowed to Lonestar. "She's little, and probably changed her name to Small... something, or Little something." He looked expectantly at the leader, hopeing he knew where she was. "Oh, and she has amber eyes." He added quickly. "Are you sure you havent seen her?"
Snowkit frowned slightly at Firefox's story. It was so sad, maybe she should talk to Rookpaw. Maybe she could get him to like her! She strode out of the den and stopped as she saw the two of them talking. "Oh." She said. Well, they were sorting it out themselves. No need to inturrupt.
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Post by Lonestar on May 21, 2008 21:03:34 GMT -5
Rookpaw blinked having been unable to force out words or move the whole time until her las comment. "Hey. I never said I didn't like you Foxfire." He said pitifully slumping towards the ground sadly. His tail curling itself dejectedly around his paws as he stared over at foxfire.
Lonestar sighed softly. "Smallstep. Or rather Smallstar. She leads Riverclan now but she used to be here." He said looking quietly at the loner.
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Post by ~{Smallstar}~ on May 22, 2008 7:34:33 GMT -5
"So she was here?!" Chase meowed excitedly. "Riverclan, you say? Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou so much!" And he dashed out of the camp. As he ran, he was thinkin about her name. Smallstar, she was a leader now. A loner leader. He smiled, proud of his big sister as he ran on.
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